Geo Political Risk

[mcdongle]

Be careful who you back in Ukraine..

https://www.thenation.com/article/ar...right-ukraine/

[Bobdn]

In Tucker's latest piece, he thinks we're moving closer to war:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqfyZ618Bks

Is there an ideal New Cold War portfolio? I haven't given this much thought - I suppose the obvious choice would be to include arms manufacturers - Cramer mentioned Lockheed Martin yesterday (around the four minute mark). However I've got no desire (or the skill and knowledge) to start investing in individual names again and will just stick with my indexes and ETFs with my small tilt towards energy.

https://youtu.be/SlycQZMs4W0?t=240

If we we go to a full European land war with the use of say tactical nukes, will physical gold do better than say Bitcoin? A nuclear war/EMP attacks could disrupt networks I imagine. I don't know enough about how bitcoin works - maybe both gold and bitcoin work or neither lol.

And lastly if we head towards a nuclear winter and a post apocalyptic world "light" (rather than complete destruction) maybe some silver coins; whisky and cigarettes and other hard assets might be useful in the first year or so of the New World. They'd be good to barter with or consume. We'll all need a stiff drink and a smoke at times in a post apocalyptic world I'm guessing.

Just spit balling on a Sunday afternoon and avoiding the weeding.

[Waltzing]

Yes well more talks next week. Its a bit like a soap opera really you have to look in every week or day to catch the next EPS.

if you didnt lighten up a bit a last week its going to be a bit late this week...

but all things pass just like the second world war did ... just ask your grand parents if they are still alive.

dont WORRY bit like the song...

Blinkie Blinken wont Blink...

[GTM 3442]

Try XAR Bobdn. . . SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF

[Bobdn]

Thanks GTM, I'll have a look. I allow myself a little bit of mad money in my portfolio. VOO, VTV, VUG, VT etc gets a bit boring after awhile . Oil is occupying my mad money allocation at the moment: OIH, XLE and IXC.

[Rawz]

Yank, Russian and EU investors probably having this conversation on the other side of the world and asking best way to invest into NZ… good ole nzx50 a good safe bet in times like these

[Panda-NZ-]

Yank, Russian and EU investors probably having this conversation on the other side of the world and asking best way to invest into NZ… good ole nzx50 a good safe bet in times like these

Unless russia blows the internet cable connecting AU/US.

Such a thing would be more of a doomsday scenario.

[Panda-NZ-]

Russia has world leading demograhpic issues.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia

If they are sending their *few* young people to war instead of being economically productive, where does that leave the elderly.

[GTM 3442]

Thanks GTM, I'll have a look. I allow myself a little bit of mad money in my portfolio. VOO, VTV, VUG, VT etc gets a bit boring after awhile . Oil is occupying my mad money allocation at the moment: OIH, XLE and IXC.

There's also ITA, which is the iShares equivalent. But once you start looking at specific sectors, you find that the indexes which the various ETFs follow tend to converge and overlap.

Morningstar US has some relatively good ETF tools which allow searching by sector. Not that good tho' as XAR and ITA both appear under "Industrials".

Still, you can always read the Fund names for clues. . .

[GTM 3442]

Unless russia blows the internet cable connecting AU/US.

Such a thing would be more of a doomsday scenario.

Like in Svalbard?